(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Minister may, after holding a public inquiry, by order make regulations prescribing in respect of any specified road or of all the roads in any specified area the speed which shall either at all times or during specified periods or on specified occasions be the special speed limit on such road or roads for all or any classes or class of vehicles and may so prescribe different speeds in respect of different classes of vehicles.
(2) The Minister shall not make regulations under this section save on the application of the Commissioner or on the application of the local authority within whose functional area is situate the road or the specified area to the roads in which such regulations relate and the Minister shall not revoke or amend any such regulation save after consultation with the Commissioner and such local authority.
(3) The Council charged with the maintenance of a road or part of a road to which regulations made by the Min